#8E239C#8E239C

#8E239C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.197 H 322.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E239C
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 156)
HSL	hsl(293, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(293, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 77.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.66, 58.86, -42.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.66, 72.67, 324.09°)
OKLab	oklab(47.99% 0.1567 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(47.99% 0.197 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7565, 9.3542, 32.3163)
Luminance	0.0935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E239C #319C23

analogous

#52239C #8E239C #9C236D

triadic

#8E239C #9C8E23 #239C8E

tetradic

#8E239C #9C5223 #319C23 #236D9C

square

#8E239C #9C5223 #319C23 #236D9C

split-complementary

#8E239C #6D9C23 #239C52

monochromatic

#330D38 #61186A #8E239C #BC2ECE #CD5EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.32

#8E239C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#8E239C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E239C

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E239C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E239C	1.00	7.32	2.87	7.32
#FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#375A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e239c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.197 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36bba',
    500: '#8e239c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e239c;
$custom-light: #b36bba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e239c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.058,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4799,
    "c": 0.19687,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E239C

secondary

#67C05B

accent

#E64155

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E239C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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